Los Angeles (AP) – Grammy Awards This week will look a bit different.
Every year, the recording Academy hosted many programs to welcome the music industry during the Grammy Week, and record labels do the same. However, Many institutions have canceled Their project- Universal Music Group, Sony, Spatifs, BMG and Warner Music Groups are among them-and instead allocate resources to help those affected by the catastrophic forest fire in Los Angeles.
Grammy will still be in the Crypto.com field of Los Angeles on Sunday but will now focus on it Helping the victims of the forest fire.
How will the Grammy Week be different in 2025?
Within a few days of destroying the Pacific Palacedes and Altadina’s palaces, the recording academy and its affiliated music charity began a fire relief effort in Los Angeles with a $ 1 million donation. According to a letter sent to the members on January 13, thanks to the additional partnership, they have already distributed 2 million emergency aid.
Once the fund was set up, the Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. was recorded. He said he had begun to focus on looking like a Grammy Saturday-a lot of conversation “on the road, Mobile Wi, practically” because the staff had evacuated their homes –
“This process really contains many people – state officials, local officials, the governor’s office, the mayor’s office, the fire department just to hear and learn. We talked to the hotel organizers, really tried. What is the project to be safe for 10 days next week?
Finally, the Recording Academy decided to take up its pre -Grammy Weekly projects on just four events, each of which is characterized by a fundraising factor.
On Friday, Music, An organization that helps music professionals who needs financial, personal or medical help will take advantage of their annual people to celebrate Gala Gala Gala.
On Saturday, the special merit awards ceremony and Grammy nominated candidates will still be welcomed, followed by Clive Davis’s Pre -Grammy Fund Rising event.
Then Graymese takes the stage on Sunday.
Events like Annual Pre -Grammy Black music collective eventGrammy Advocate Burnch, and other high -ranking popups have been canceled.
“We believed that strengthening events would have a greater impact,” Mason explained. “And we just don’t feel that it is the right time to make places for social gatherings or party or skimos and just roam. We wanted to make our events a place that could be meaningful and effective. Some of the party’s party. Settings, we decided to link our fundraising efforts.
How has been corrected at the Grammy Award Show?
“Obviously, we can’t do a common show between burning or losing people’s luggage or other things like this. At the same time, it could not be helped to cancel,” says Mason.
We needed to raise money. We need to show unity and come together around music. We need to support the city of LA (Over) of 6,500 people on our shows and sub -gatherings. So, once we decided to move forward, this was really a conversation (Grammy Producer) Ben Winston, Raj Kapoor and Jesse Collins And ourselves and we started thinking about it, ‘How will we have the most impact on the show?’
He decided that the forward route is still to present the awards and host performances to test the concert to the audience and the participants. But most importantly, the show can be raised, funds can run funds and resources that benefit the needy.
And the conversation continues. “We have some good things in the show that will definitely help raise funds,” he assured. “It will respect some of the heroes who are protecting our lives and our homes,” he said. Hopefully some people who need more help and more services.
Don’t expect traditional telephone, but they say announcements and activities will be presented in the field.
He added, “Hopefully we will talk about the things that have been promised by the sponsor or society.”
How many recording Academy members were affected by the fire?
“We know from the badge that we have about 3,000 applications to help people in our members or the music community,” says Mason. “So it was only in the first few days.”
As he explained, the urgent needs have been “basic things”. “Food, water, shelter, naked necessities.”
“Will join the next step, you know, where they live, how they are replacing damaged or destroyed devices, studios. How will they live? I am sure that there will be some mental health component. People need help with the whole board.
Has something like that happened before?
There is no shortage of natural disasters, and they also affect the music community. Mason, as a recent example, exposes Covid 19 pandemic disease. With music, they “have been able to help” Million Million for more than 40 million who need help. They have infrastructure to provide rapid support.
However, he noted, is the first major award show after the gramous wildfire, which means “there is no playbook for it.”
“But I have always said that if the fire continues, or potentially damaged, or winds change. So, I always want to protect that right. If we are unsafe or if it feels inappropriate So we will not close our eyes and move forward.
But consider the possibility of fundraising, economic and financial implications and unity, “All this is understandable for us.”
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